To Say Or Not To Tell Rhetorical Analysis
Argumentative Essay
PROMPT: After reading the article “To Tell or Not To Tell?” by Mary Kate Frank, write an essay in which you address the question, To Tell or Not To Tell? and argue why it is important to tell when a person’s health or safety is at stake. Support your position with evidence from the text.
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To Tell or Not To Tell
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Why it is important position "If I hadn't have said anything I'm 90 percent sure my friend wouldn't be with us today," says Natalia Szurawski, a 17-year-old from Danbury, Connecticut. These are her thoughts after she told her friend's parents about their daughter's plan to commit suicide. This is why many teens can’t get the help they need when dealing with …show more content…
As in the article, Natalia Szurawski saved here friend by telling her parents their daughter’s plan to commit suicide. If she hadn't told anyone her friend probably would not be alive today. Some people tell in order to save lives because someone they know is about to do something drastic like Matthew's story. In the article, Matthew Garrett overheard a plan of a school shooting. And fearing for his life and the lives of others he told the authorities. This is another example of how the concerns of that person, others, and himself helped save many …show more content…
Some states have law to where if your friend gets alcohol poisoning and you call the law and stay till they get there you will not go to jail for it. If the boys in the article would have known about the law their friend would still be alive. In the article it talks about how a boy named Brett lost his life due to alcohol poisoning. If only one person would have known Brett could still be alive. This is a prime example of people not doing the right thing and showing their selfishness. If a person has been arrested and decides to tell information on his accomplices would then have a possible lighter punishment or get off scot free.
And finally a reason why people should tell is because without people telling others are not getting the help they need. As in the article 70% of people that commit suicide tell someone or show signs. This means that if someone tells every time we hear or see the signs many people would still be alive today. So by telling or being a “whistleblower” people people with serious problems can get the help they need. And If someone is planning to commit suicide, if they tell someone, they can get counseling or
PROMPT: After reading the article “To Tell or Not To Tell?” by Mary Kate Frank, write an essay in which you address the question, To Tell or Not To Tell? and argue why it is important to tell when a person’s health or safety is at stake. Support your position with evidence from the text.
DO
WHAT
read
Write
argue
support
To Tell or Not To Tell
Essay
Why it is important position "If I hadn't have said anything I'm 90 percent sure my friend wouldn't be with us today," says Natalia Szurawski, a 17-year-old from Danbury, Connecticut. These are her thoughts after she told her friend's parents about their daughter's plan to commit suicide. This is why many teens can’t get the help they need when dealing with …show more content…
As in the article, Natalia Szurawski saved here friend by telling her parents their daughter’s plan to commit suicide. If she hadn't told anyone her friend probably would not be alive today. Some people tell in order to save lives because someone they know is about to do something drastic like Matthew's story. In the article, Matthew Garrett overheard a plan of a school shooting. And fearing for his life and the lives of others he told the authorities. This is another example of how the concerns of that person, others, and himself helped save many …show more content…
Some states have law to where if your friend gets alcohol poisoning and you call the law and stay till they get there you will not go to jail for it. If the boys in the article would have known about the law their friend would still be alive. In the article it talks about how a boy named Brett lost his life due to alcohol poisoning. If only one person would have known Brett could still be alive. This is a prime example of people not doing the right thing and showing their selfishness. If a person has been arrested and decides to tell information on his accomplices would then have a possible lighter punishment or get off scot free.
And finally a reason why people should tell is because without people telling others are not getting the help they need. As in the article 70% of people that commit suicide tell someone or show signs. This means that if someone tells every time we hear or see the signs many people would still be alive today. So by telling or being a “whistleblower” people people with serious problems can get the help they need. And If someone is planning to commit suicide, if they tell someone, they can get counseling or